Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt in 产?
In Anchor Inn (-an3), Charlie Chaplin (ch-) is setting up his assembly line (产). At the one end there is a supply of vases (立). In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory (厂) fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I've had some troubles keeping apart 厂 and 产, so I draw this picture to settle this once and for all. With a picture in my mind it will be near to impossible to mix the two characters up again.

I also found that once I write a mnemonic for a character whose mnemonic symbols all have pictures already, it is much easier for me to remember that character. I didn't have a picture for "inside the Anchor Inn" before; now that that's settled, it will help me remember quite some characters since I now have a way to distinctly and clearly imagine the associated mnemonic stories.

Composition: 产 = 厂 + 立

Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt?

In Anchor Inn, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 2 years
ago
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亠 looks like a beret! Tecumseh (t-) just entered the Louvre (-ou2), wearing his beret. He made it himself using a flute (一) and a petal leaf (丶).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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